Monday, 14 September 2015

Oxgangs Memories by Pat Rafferty

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Hi Peter, I saw your blog and read your book - I thoroughly enjoyed it! I grew up in 22 Oxgangs Farm Drive and Anne D...
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Saturday, 1 August 2015

'A Moment in Time': A Small Montage of Photographs of Kids from The Stairs circa 1971

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Yesterday, I came across these photographs of some of the kids from Stairs 2, 4 and 6 Oxgangs Avenue, circa 1971. :-) Paul Forbes; ...
Thursday, 30 April 2015

Hunters Tryst Primary School (Edinburgh Evening News article)

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The site of a former school that has lain derelict for eight years is back up for sale amid hopes that developers will snap it up fo...
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Monday, 20 April 2015

Vignette On Dr Motley By Artist Vicky Mount

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When I was 12 to 17 I lived next door to Dr Motley in the Oxgangs area of Edinburgh. He was the first black American to study in the late...
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Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Greenbank Cottage above Braidburn Valley in Late Summer and Mid-winter

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Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Dr Motley-A Further Update From 10 February, 2015

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Hello Peter Hoffmann I was happy to find and read about my grandfather Dr Arthur Motley here on your blog! Amazing to read and see pi...
Monday, 9 February 2015

St John's Church, Oxgangs-Ring Out Wild Bells

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Ring out the old; ring in the new. Ring, happy bells, across the snow. The year is going; let him go. Ring out the false; ring in the...
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Thursday, 22 January 2015

Dr Motley-A Fascinating Update!

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Dr Motley Hello Peter Hoffmann, Dr. Arthur P Motley is my Grandfather. I am jumping up and down with joy. I have been searching f...
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Sunday, 14 December 2014

Anonymous Comment-'Today's Topic-The Broadway Shops'

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Anonymous:  Mr McNish had the post office and his wife run the wool shop during the eighties. The wool shop was the third shop in, Ewarts be...
Friday, 12 December 2014

City of Edinburgh Libraries-The Stair

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Pleasing to see (home) City of Edinburgh Libraries stocking # TheStair -trust the local Oxgangs borrower is enjoying it! :-)
Sunday, 23 November 2014

Dr Who - An Unearthly Child

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"When I am weak, then am I strong."—2 Corinthians 12:10. Regular followers of the blog will know how much the author enj...
Monday, 17 November 2014

The Birth of The Stair and A Christmas Carol

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Birth: 'the coming into existence of something'. In the bleak mid-winter, Dickens' Christmas stories give the rea...
Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Swanston Reunion-'Boo-Boo'; Iain; and the Author

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Iain Hoffmann; Brian 'Boo-Boo' Hanlon; and the author, Swanston Golf Club, 12 November, 2014 Lovely to meet up with Iain Hoff...
Sunday, 9 November 2014

Oxgangs Library

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Delighted to hear from Oxgangs Library that they intend to order a copy of 'The Stair' for their stock!
Thursday, 6 November 2014

Edinburgh and Lothians Life Magazine Book Review

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Very surprised and happy to see the November/December, 2014 issue of Edinburgh Life and the Lothians magazine list 'The Stair...
Saturday, 1 November 2014

'Neep!'-An 1960s Halloween Boo-Boo and Iain style.

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Iain Hoffmann and 'Boo-Boo' Hanlon Back in the 1960s around Halloween passersby would get a musical surprise when walking p...